Donald Palumbo

Donald Palumbo

Donald E. Palumbo (born 1949) is Professor of English at East Carolina University.

In 2002, Palumbo published a book which reviews the narrative structures in the science fiction writings of Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert and draws comparisons with the scientific concepts of chaos theory and fractals.

Books

*"Chaos Theory, Asimov's Foundations and Robots, and Herbert's Dune: The Fractal Aesthetic of Epic Science Fiction". Greenwood Press, 2002; Westport, CT. ISBN 0-313-31189-7
*Erotic Universe: Sexuality and Fantastic Literature, Greenwood Press, 1986
*Eros in the Minds Eye: Sexuality and the Fantastic in Art and Film, Greenwood Press, 1986
*Spectrum of the Fantastic, Greenwood Press, 1988.Dr. Palumbo has published over seventy scholarly articles, three editedbooks, one authored book, and over twenty volumes as Advisor to GreenwoodPress' Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series.He is currently writing a book on the monomyth in American science fiction.

Personal life

Dr. Palumbo teaches Science Fiction, Science Fiction Films, The Short Story, and the 20th Century Novel. His interests include truth, friends, traveling the World, cooking, great food, great sex, and Longbottom Leaf. Professor Donald E. Palumbo, PhD, married Caroline Patterson on July 6, 2007, in Lewes, Delaware, at the home of one of his 3 sisters, Nancy Palumbo.

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